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Help us make hope normal again.
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January 22, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
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"In the era of imperialism, businessmen became politicians and were acclaimed as statesmen, while statesmen were taken seriously only if they talked the language of successful businessmen." Hannah Arendt
January 22, 2026 at 5:37 PM
"In the era of imperialism, businessmen became politicians and were acclaimed as statesmen, while statesmen were taken seriously only if they talked the language of successful businessmen." Hannah Arendt
So Starmer says he has held off signing up to the 'Board of Peace' because of concerns over the invitation to Putin. From that are we to infer that he is cool with the idea of Netanyahu, Orban, Milei and all the other assorted despots, extremists and autocrats who have signed up?
January 22, 2026 at 4:11 PM
So Starmer says he has held off signing up to the 'Board of Peace' because of concerns over the invitation to Putin. From that are we to infer that he is cool with the idea of Netanyahu, Orban, Milei and all the other assorted despots, extremists and autocrats who have signed up?
It's taken him 25 years, but Tony Blair has finally found a way to make people even more disgusted with him than they already were for his starting of an illegal war that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. Quite an achievement
January 22, 2026 at 10:58 AM
It's taken him 25 years, but Tony Blair has finally found a way to make people even more disgusted with him than they already were for his starting of an illegal war that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. Quite an achievement
Loving the Belgian PM quoting Gramsci at Davos
January 20, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Loving the Belgian PM quoting Gramsci at Davos
At a time when the country needs a Churchill, Starmer gives us Chamberlain.
January 19, 2026 at 1:29 PM
At a time when the country needs a Churchill, Starmer gives us Chamberlain.
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More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
January 17, 2026 at 5:36 PM
More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
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the European mission to Greenland was fourth in the BBC news running order this morning, which feels a bit like doing a light "and finally..." item about the archduke's motorcade taking a wrong turn in Sarajevo
January 15, 2026 at 10:01 AM
the European mission to Greenland was fourth in the BBC news running order this morning, which feels a bit like doing a light "and finally..." item about the archduke's motorcade taking a wrong turn in Sarajevo
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This immediately makes me wonder what Rory was like as a teenager…
December 6, 2025 at 9:52 AM
This immediately makes me wonder what Rory was like as a teenager…
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
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Take the wedding rings? Gold fillings? Does this remind anyone of anything?
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Take the wedding rings? Gold fillings? Does this remind anyone of anything?
At this time, absolutely nothing is known about the perpetrator of the dreadful attack in Manchester or their motives. This doesn’t stop Sheila Fogarty @lbc.co.uk immediately pinning the blame on people protesting about a genocide rather than those actually perpetrating it. Filthy gutter journalism.
October 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
At this time, absolutely nothing is known about the perpetrator of the dreadful attack in Manchester or their motives. This doesn’t stop Sheila Fogarty @lbc.co.uk immediately pinning the blame on people protesting about a genocide rather than those actually perpetrating it. Filthy gutter journalism.
I love ChatGPT. I fed it a 56 word para that I needed shortened and made more concise and it not only proudly fed me back one that was 53 words long, but also needed 3 words added back in to make it grammatically correct! 😂
August 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I love ChatGPT. I fed it a 56 word para that I needed shortened and made more concise and it not only proudly fed me back one that was 53 words long, but also needed 3 words added back in to make it grammatically correct! 😂
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OLIVER: "Gaza is starving is a sentence that's objectively true, but it's also slightly misleading because it's too passive — Gaza is being starved by Israel."
August 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
OLIVER: "Gaza is starving is a sentence that's objectively true, but it's also slightly misleading because it's too passive — Gaza is being starved by Israel."
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No one has ever LinkedIn this hard.
I am CRINE.
I am CRINE.
May 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
No one has ever LinkedIn this hard.
I am CRINE.
I am CRINE.
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Someone has finally been held accountable for the war in Gaza, and it's Gary Lineker www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Match of the Day host Gary Lineker expected to leave the BBC
It comes after he faced criticism for sharing a social media post about Zionism.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 19, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Someone has finally been held accountable for the war in Gaza, and it's Gary Lineker www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A brilliant piece of poetry from Michael Rosen, clearly directed at Starmer and the current Labour Government.
May 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
A brilliant piece of poetry from Michael Rosen, clearly directed at Starmer and the current Labour Government.
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this internet was a mistake, but sometimes it’s the best thing ever created
May 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
this internet was a mistake, but sometimes it’s the best thing ever created
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If you ask someone today to name the builder of Hadrian's Wall, they would give you a funny look. But historical memory is odd, and right up to the 1800s we forgot who built it.
Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22
Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22
January 5, 2024 at 11:17 AM
If you ask someone today to name the builder of Hadrian's Wall, they would give you a funny look. But historical memory is odd, and right up to the 1800s we forgot who built it.
Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22
Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22
“A liberal has to tell a hundred stories, or a thousand. A communist has one story, which might not turn out to be true. A fascist just has to be a storyteller.” Exceptional analysis, as ever, from Timothy Snyder.
Fascism is now in the algorithms, the neural pathways, the social interactions. How did we fail to see all this? “We wanted to see Trump in terms of his absences, so that our way of seeing the world would go unchallenged,” Timothy Snyder writes.
What Does It Mean That Donald Trump Is a Fascist?
Trump takes the tools of dictators and adapts them for the Internet. We should expect him to try to cling to power until death, and create a cult of January 6th martyrs.
www.newyorker.com
April 20, 2025 at 7:55 AM
“A liberal has to tell a hundred stories, or a thousand. A communist has one story, which might not turn out to be true. A fascist just has to be a storyteller.” Exceptional analysis, as ever, from Timothy Snyder.
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At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.
April 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.
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We're in London today with a big old bus to tell our Govt this country cannot afford cuts. Instead they should tax us, the super rich. A 2% wealth tax alone could raise up to £460mln a week. @Keir_starmer - invest in a fairer economy. Patriotic Millionaires say Tax Our Wealth
March 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
We're in London today with a big old bus to tell our Govt this country cannot afford cuts. Instead they should tax us, the super rich. A 2% wealth tax alone could raise up to £460mln a week. @Keir_starmer - invest in a fairer economy. Patriotic Millionaires say Tax Our Wealth
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Brilliant column by @nesrinemalik.bsky.social, which everyone in the UK should read. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Many said the Starmer era would be just Tory-lite – now it’s worse than that. Time to stop the pretence
He’ll be radical, the PM’s allies claimed. Well, look now, as the poor are targeted and ministers boast of wearing Tory clothes better than the Tories, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Brilliant column by @nesrinemalik.bsky.social, which everyone in the UK should read. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Gotta love Samuel! ❤️✨
March 15, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Gotta love Samuel! ❤️✨